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Amanda Cook Tucker often styles Kate's hair at home and has been cutting William and Harry's hair for years - since they were children, in fact.

Amanda Cook Tucker, who has been Kate's hairdresser since the couple visited the Far East on a Diamond Jubilee Visit in September 2012, was on hand to style Kate's hair before she left the Lindo Wing after giving birth to Prince George in 2013.

Wedding dress fitters were also seen visiting Pippa's house a few weeks ago. She's expected to float down the aisle this weekend in a dress by high society designer Giles Deacon.

Amanda Cook Tucker, the Duchess of Cambridge's trusted hairdresser, was also seen arriving with a suitcase. Amanda Cook Tucker, who has been Kate's hairdresser since the couple visited the Far East on a Diamond Jubilee Visit in September 2012, was on hand to style Kate's hair before she left the Lindo Wing after giving birth to Prince George in 2013

The two ladies seen arriving at Pippa's £17m mansion carried several other dress bags, which could well be the bridesmaids' dresses

Whilst it's not clear what is inside the dress bags, they all look slim-fitting and don't appear to have fussy trains or tiers

Pippa is expected to float down the aisle in just a few days' time in a dress by high society designer Giles Deacon

Two more ladies were seen arriving at Pippa and James's home with even more garments later on in the day

The ladies could well have been dropping suits off for James and his groomsmen

Two ladies arrived at the house carrying dress bags as Pippa gears up to walk down the aisle in the society event of the year

Rumours she had chosen him to make her wedding dress started to swirl when he was seen visiting Pippa and Carole at home after her engagement was announced.

And it seems the author and former party planner is determined for her guests to be equally stylish for the big day.

It's been reported that she has instructed members of the congregation to bring a second outfit for the evening reception.

According to Daily Mail diarist Richard Eden, the Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister, 33, wants her guests to have a change of clothes for the second leg of her big day on May 30.

When the Duchess of Cambridge tied the knot with Prince William in April 2011, she changed into a second wedding gown for the evening celebrations at Buckingham Palace - so Pippa may well be planning on a change of outfit herself.

Meanwhile, he may be preparing for the biggest society wedding of the year but it was business as usual for James Matthews as he took his dogs on a walk on Tuesday.

Pippa Middleton's fiance apologised to an old lady after his black Labrador relieved himself in the street in Chelsea right next to her.

PIPPA'S EYE-WATERING WEDDING IN NUMBERS

MARQUEE £100,000 - The glass conservatory-style structure that she is having installed in the garden of her family home is for Saturday’s celebrations. The bespoke glass orangery was shipped from Belgium to her family home in Berkshire. The process is being overseen by Peppers Marquees, which holds the only royal warrant for supplying marquees to the Prince of Wales.

WEDDING HAIR £300 - The Duchess of Cambridge's royal hairdresser Amanda Cook Tucker was seen arriving at the home of the bride-to-be on Tuesday. It is predicted that she will style Pippa on her big day with her wedding price said to be £300.

CATERING £70,000 - Experts from The Bride Book predict that top luxury London caterers will charge over £170 per guest for catering including all food, chefs and staffing, glassware and crockery hire, and linen hire.

A marquee wedding requires an extra level of staffing compared to a permanent venue, which will increase Pippa’s catering costs to around £200 per guest, and will comprise the largest cost of the wedding.

DRINKS £17,720 - 'We expect around 233 bottles of champagne alone will be drunk to keep the guests topped up during the drinks reception and speeches,' says Hamish. 'This champagne will cost around £9,320, on top of which will be fine wines for the wedding breakfast and open-bar cocktails for the evening.'

FLORISTRY £16,000 - Hamish says: 'Marquees always require a lot more floristry and decoration than a venue, so luxury florists Lavender Green, the florists for the day, will have their work cut out. On top of this, the wedding florist will include the flowers for the church, plus the bouquet and more.

'With the wedding hosted in the Middletons' rustic garden, with wild flower meadows and in-bloom purple rhododendrons, expect tall overflowing centrepieces fusing the marquee with the garden. Elaborate table-centres can cost £300 each alone, so with 35 round tables for the guests, the cost can easily stack up.'

PHOTOGRAPHY £3,500 - 'Hiring one of the top wedding photographers, including a gorgeous album, will cost around £3,500. Dorset-based Millie Pilkington, the private wedding photographer for William and Kate’s wedding, is most likely to be the person behind the lens.'

VIDEOGRAPHY £4,000 - 'Without the world’s media filming every moment like her sister’s wedding, Pippa will likely have a videographer there to capture the day’s special moments. Luxury videographers have teams of cameramen to capture all angles, plus usually a drone or two.'

CAKE £2,600 - 'A stunningly-decorated cake from a top cake maker will start from £2,600 and need to be six-tiers to give a slice to each of the 350 guests. The cake-maker is thought to be luxury London-based Domino Purchas or local-Berkshire based top baker Rosalind Miller.'

STATIONARY £5,125 -'The wedding will require a number of stationery elements including save-the-dates, the invitation, the Order of Service, the menus, and the stamps! Invitations from a top stationer will cost around £11 each before the other items are included. Mount Street Printers are said to be the chosen stationer.'

GYM MEMBERSHIP £55,000- Pippa has been hitting the gym hard and has joined Grace Belgravia, an exclusive club that promises to create the perfect ‘Hollywood’ pins - at a cost of £55,000 for a lifetime membership.

FACIALS £100 - Pippa has been making trips to a spa in South Kensington offering such treatments as £100 sugar cane facials.

MUSIC £6,750 - 'From bell ringers and the organist and choirs in the church, to relaxed acoustic musicians for the drinks reception and a top wedding band and DJ for the party, music will be the centre of the entertainment. A top London 6-piece wedding band will cost over £4,250 with everyone else on top.'

WEDDING RINGS £19,900 -'Rumoured best man Spencer Matthews better not make the expensive mistake of forgetting the rings. With their wedding rings said to be from Cartier, a diamond encrusted wedding ring for Pippa will cost £15,500 whilst a platinum band for James would be £1,440.'

BRIDESMAIDS' OUTFITS £2,250 - 'Whilst the bridesmaid’s dress Pippa shone in at the Royal wedding cost over £2,000, the average cost of a designer bridesmaids dress is £750. The average number of bridesmaids a bride in the UK has is 3.4, so we are assuming Pippa will have 3 bridesmaids.'

CHARLOTTE AND GEORGE'S OUTFITS £1,698 - 'With Prince George and Princess Charlotte due to be centre stage as flower girls and page boys, Nicki Macfarlane, who provided the flower girl outfits for the Royal wedding, will likely be back on hand. A page boy outfit will cost around £226 each, and flower girl dresses £340.'

CHURCH FEES £456 -'Pippa and James will need to pay the church their marriage fees, but whilst this is the most important part of the marriage, it has one of the smallest price tags.'

DECORATION AND PRODUCTION £6,000 -'For spectacular lighting and production throughout the grounds surrounding the marquee and inside the marquee itself, a top London agency will likely be taking on the job of adding the absolute wow-factor. From bar hire to amazing dance floors, production is key to transforming the blank-canvas of a marquee into something truly jaw-dropping.'

GROOMSWEAR £6,050 - 'Dashing groom-to-be James Matthews is likely to be wearing a bespoke tailor made tailcoat, waistcoat and trousers from one of London’s top Saville Row tailors. A bespoke tailcoat from a top tailor will cost around £4400 alone.'

MAKEUP UP TO £1,400 - 'No doubt a top team will be on hand to ensure Pippa and the whole bridal party will be looking absolutely radiant. Hannah Martin of Bobbi Brown, who also did Kate’s wedding makeup for the Royal Wedding, is the top choice.

WEDDING FAVOURS£700 - 'These lovely little gifts for every wedding guest should not break the bank. We expect something low-key and personal, such as a small jar of local honey considering the wild flower meadows that fill the Middletons’ garden.'

LUXURY LOOS £4,000 - 'Don’t forget the toilets! With this marquee wedding the luxury toilets that will need to be on hand are unlikely to be the plastic boxes we are used to seeing at festivals. Imagine luxurious bathrooms with gorgeous soaps and fresh linen hand towels. For 350 guests, top end mobile toilets will cost £4000.'

VEIL £2,000 -'Celebrity milliner Stephen Jones is rumoured to be the designer of Pippa’s bespoke veil, which will doubtlessly have incredible attention to detail.'

ENTERTAINERS £1,500 -'Whilst guests taking photos is expected to not be allowed at the wedding, a photobooth will be an ideal opportunity to capture the guests at their best. Luxury children’s entertainers, like London’s based Sharky+George who did the Royal wedding, are expected to be on hand to give parents, like William and Kate, the night off.'

TOTAL ESTIMATED SPEND: £337,049

Pippa, who shares a £17million mansion in West London with her husband-to-be, was busy yesterday stepping up her pre-wedding beauty regime with a trip to a spa in South Kensington offering such treatments as £100 sugar cane facials

Keep it chic in Pippa Middleton's Kate Spade jacket

It's only a few days until Pippa's wedding and it looks like she's squeezing in a couple of pamper sessions before the nuptials so she looks tip top for the big day.

What she had done, we don't know, but we can tell you she looked super chic on her way out wearing a Kate Spade cream tweed blazer teamed with black skinny jeans, a grey handbag, and Jemima Vine flats.

We're loving this classic monochrome jacket on Pippa, which features a pretty scallop edge, cropped design and three-quarter sleeves.

And the good news is if you want to steal Pippa's style you can buy this blazer online now for $428. Follow the link on the right to get your hands on it or for more choice shop around with our edit below.

A great wardrobe staple, style over skinny jeans and a blouse for an elegant off-duty look, or wear with tapered trousers and heels to give your tailoring a feminine edge.

The 41-year-old hedge fund manager coyly put his hand up to say 'sorry' to the lady as he jogged with the pet pooches he shares with Pippa.

On Monday, the first pictures of James and Pippa's impressive wedding venue were pictured - a £100,000 (US$130,000) glass conservatory-style structure that she is having installed in the garden of her family home for Saturday's celebrations.

Not content with a traditional canvas marquee, Pippa, 33 – who is marrying multi-millionaire hedge fund boss James Matthews, 41 – has had the bespoke glass orangery shipped from Belgium.

The process is being overseen by Peppers Marquees, which holds the only royal warrant for supplying marquees to the Prince of Wales.

According to sources, workmen have been busy since the weekend putting up the structure on a camouflaged stage in a field at the rear of Michael and Carole Middleton's home in Bucklebury, Berkshire.

'PIPPA MIDDLETON SOUNDS LIKE THE WORLD'S WORST BRIDEZILLA': PUBLIC RESPOND TO WEDDING

It seems not everybody's happy about Pippa Middleton and James Matthews' upcoming nuptials.

Members of the public have taken to social media to comment on the bride-to-be and her wedding, with some saying they are 'so bored' of hearing about it.

One Twitter user said that the 'no ring no bring' policy is a 'somewhat pressuring' while others said it was the demand of a 'bridezilla.'

Twitter user Jardy wrote that they 'really don't get the big deal about Pippa Middleton' and that she is just somebody who 'once attended a wedding and is now having one.'

Woyen said that will be relieved when the big day is over because she is 'so bored' of hearing about it all of the time

Lisa took to social media to have her say on the 'no ring, no bring' policy that Pippa has apparently implemented at her wedding

Pat also took to Twitter to comment on the 'no ring, no boring' policy and claimed that it was the work of a 'bridezilla'

A portaloo company was seen arriving at Pippa Middleton's parent's house

On Monday, the first pictures of James and Pippa's impressive wedding venue were pictured - a £100,000 (US$130,000) glass conservatory-style structure that she is having installed in the garden of her family home for Saturday's celebrations

A sign was erected outside the church explaining that the place of worship would be shut on Saturday

A gardener got to work mowing the lawns outside St Mark's Church ahead of Pippa's big day

A man mows the lawn to ensure it's perfectly manicured ahead of the society wedding this weekend

The church will welcome 100 or so guests for the ceremony and over 300 are expected back at Middleton manor

The interior of the church inludes Gothic stained glass windows and polished oak pews

This sign was erected outside a nursery in Englefield congratulating the happy couple

The 12th-century building is just a short drive from Kate and Pippa's family home

A local resident was seen painting his wall ahead of the big day on Saturday, which will see hundreds of the couple's friends descend on the village

The church has a tower, spire, nave, south aisle, chancel and north aisle and has become a local landmark

Last-minute touch-ups were being made to a house in the village where the Middleton family live

The children from Old Fire Station Nursery painted a huge sign to show their support to the couple

Although there will be 100 or so guests at St Mark's Church in the nearby village of Englefield for the ceremony, more than 300 are expected back at Middleton manor to dance the night away

The building, expected to take up to six days to finish, is so large and distinctive that it can be seen from both the main road and a public footpath running alongside the estate.

Although there will be 100 or so guests at St Mark's Church in the nearby village of Englefield for the ceremony, more than 300 are expected back at Middleton manor to dance the night away.

One expert estimated that it would cost around £35,000 plus VAT for the structure and floor system – but that was just 'the basics'.

With internal lighting, decor, carpeting, heating, sound and service marquees, the total could be more than double that.

'It's from a Belgian company called PBI and they are shipped over especially for events.

'For the full works, your bill would easily be around the £100,000 mark,' the expert said.

Pippa and James have both been pictured working out ahead of their nuptials this weekend

PBI Event Architecture's website is crammed with examples of how spectacular the marquee could look on Pippa's big day.

Pippa, who shares a £17million mansion in West London with her husband-to-be, was busy yesterday stepping up her pre-wedding beauty regime with a trip to a spa in South Kensington offering such treatments as £100 sugar cane facials.

In addition to beauty treatments, she's been hitting the gym hard and has joined Grace Belgravia, an exclusive club that promises to create the perfect 'Hollywood' pins - at a cost of £55,000 for a lifetime membership.

The women-only Knightsbridge club and spa is home to the Capri Palace Leg School, which uses a method of treatment involving mud packs, bandages, hot and cold water and stone massages pioneered by Italian anti-ageing guru Professor Francesco Canonaco.